ChatGPT’s viral image-generation AI is ‘melting’ OpenAI’s GPUs

ChatGPT’s viral image-generation AI is ‘melting’ OpenAI’s GPUs

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Dec. 4, 2024.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday announced that viral use of ChatGPT’s new image-generation AI, introduced earlier this week, is overloading the company’s servers.

While it is “super fun seeing people love images” in ChatGPT, “our GPUs are melting,” Altman posted on social media site X on Thursday,…

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